BCS 242 Lecture Notes - Lecture 2: Neurology, Neurosurgery, Physical Medicine And Rehabilitation
7 Oct 2016
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Purposes may differ depending on setting & individual. Recommendations for cognitive rehabilitation, adaptations for independent living. Help to normalize experience of impairment & manage expectations. Have clear understanding of strengths & weaknesses to set appropriate goals for rehab. Id strengths to exploit & deficits to avoid. Neuropsychological evaluation: series of observations of patient"s behavior to infer integrity of dysfunction of patient"s brain. Designed to be bias-free good, objective measures (pencil & paper, computerized) Systematic behavioral observations ie. , body language, eye contact, voice tone, etc. Interpret findings based on neuropsychological manifestations of damage. Gather relevant history (intake) nature, onset, & progression of problems & medical & psychosocial context. Basic mental assessment sense of mental state. Psychometric assessment: standardized measures to id preservation v. impairment of specific cognitive domains. Sensorimotor skills, attention, processing speed, working memory, language, learning & memory, visuospatial abilities, intellectual/academic functioning, personality, social- emotional functioning, adaptive behavior.
